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refried beans

–noun Mexican Cookery.
dried beans, cooked and mashed and then fried in lard, sometimes with onions and other seasonings.
Also called frijoles refritos.


Origin:
1955–60; re- + fried
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re·fried beans   (rē'frīd')
pl.n.  Beans that have been cooked and then mashed and fried with seasonings.

[Translation of Spanish frijoles refritos : frijoles, pl. of frijole, bean + refritos, pl. past participle of refreir, to refry.]
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refried beans 
1957, transl. Sp. frijoles refritos.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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